Congratulations to Joshua McCarthy ( Joshua Declan McCarthy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈 ) on his election to Bargoed Town Council and commiserations on failing to win the Bargoed/Aberbargoed by-election for a seat on CaerphillyCBC by just ONE vote in the Labour stronghold. Roll on the 2027 council elections!

Aberbargoed & Bargoed (Caerphilly) Council By-Election Result: 🌹 LAB: 46.2% (-1.2) 🌼 PLC: 46.1% (+7.1) 🌍 GRN: 7.7% (New) No IND (-13.6) as previous. Labour HOLD. Changes w/ 2022.

Newyddion ardderchog! Excellent news! D'iawn Joshua Declan McCarthy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈

Great result for a rising Plaid Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 star Joshua Declan McCarthy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈 - and so close for the county council.

Diolch yn fawr iawn pawb! Llongyfarchiadau Christine Bissex- Foster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿#FBPE.

Joshua Declan McCarthy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈 Christine Bissex- Foster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿#FBPE Llongyfarchiadau on a great campaign 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍

Plaid Cymru is confident it can go on to win Labour 'strongholds' after falling agonisingly short of a recent by-election victory wp.me/p8Mk4U-MrQ

Remember what they took from you.

Let’s make Jacob’s day and join a union today tuc.org.uk/joinunion

🗳️Between the ages of 11-17 and live or receive your education in Wales? Put your name forward to be a member of the Welsh Youth Parliament! A great opportunity to represent the voices of young people and gain valuable experiences. Full details below👇 youthparliament.senedd.wales/get-involved/b…

Wild Wales 🕷 Nation.Cymru Delyth Jewell AS / MS Peredur Owen Griffiths AS/MS YesCymru Blackwood YesMerthyrTudful YesTredegar YesRhymni YesPontypwl Yes Cymru Pontypridd 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🌈 Save the Blackwood Miners Institute Joshua Declan McCarthy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈 Plaid Merthyr & Aberdare Plaid Cymru Newport West & Islwyn Plaid Caerphilly Plaid Cymru Blaenau Gwent & Rhymni

Petition to save Llancaiach Fawr from closure: change.org/p/save-llancai… Petition to save Blackwood Miners' Institute from closure: change.org/p/save-blackwo… Caerphilly County Borough Council's official consultation on both: conversation.caerphilly.gov.uk/blackwood-mine…

⌛️⌛️⌛️ Initial Proposals for Wales' new Senedd constituencies will be published at midnight, tonight.

It should never have been agreed to go ahead with this twp pairing system using the boundaries of a different legislature we know doesn't work for Wales. The Commission's hands are completely tied by statutory requirements and the result is a mess. Radnor and Swansea...🤨

Save Blackwood Miners! Save Llancaiach Fawr! Save Meals on Wheels! The strength of local feeling was clear this morning when we marched through Blackwood. This building is part of the proud fabric of our past, and must be saved. Diolch i'r trefnwyr a'r heddlu am gadw pawb yn sâff

Today marks the anniversary of Aberfan, where 116 children and 28 adults were killed. This disaster was a result of the failure's of the National Coal Board. We must never forget those lost, never again.

Heddiw, nodwn 58 mlynedd ers Trychineb Aberfan, pan laddwyd 116 o blant a 28 o oedolion. Methiannau y Bwrdd Glo Cenedlaethol oedd yn gyfrifol am y tirlithriad. Cofiwn y rhai fu farw.

On this day in 1965, Capel Celyn was drowned to create a reservoir for Liverpool. It became a symbol of Wales’ powerlessness under Westminster rule. Today, we have our own government, and it is vital that we defend Wales' future and stand strong against decisions that don’t